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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Re: Scalar Type Declaration Syntax Weirdness
From: smalyshev@gmail.com (Stanislav Malyshev)

Hi!

>>       <?php
>>       function a(\int $i) {}
>>
>>   Is it intentional that the \ in front of the "int" is allowed? IMHO,
>> this
>>   confusing notation must not be allowed.
> 
> This is weird and I'd consider it a bug. You can't do \array or
> \callable, and if I saw \int, I'd think it meant a class of that name
> rather than a scalar type.

I would assume \int means class named "int", as opposed to "int" type.
But banning it may be ok too.

> 
> Can this be fixed for 7.0.0?

I don't think this would be a good idea. We're in the final stretch of
release cycle, and should not do any non-urgent fixes. This does not
look urgent. It can wait for 7.0.1.

-- 
Stas Malyshev
smalyshev@gmail.com